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Canadian trusteed pension funds held a record C$2.51T (roughly US$1.8T) in gross assets in Q1 2025, according to Statistics Canada data reported by Benefits and Pensions Monitor (September 2025). One plan alone, PSP Investments, closed fiscal 2026 with C$320.6 billion in net assets, per Benefits and Pensions Monitor (June 2026).
That capital is concentrated and sophisticated, and it’s hard to map from the outside. The large plans run in-house teams, mid-sized plans lean on consultants, and family offices and wealth managers rarely publish who makes allocation decisions. The right database is the difference between a targeted Canadian raise and a cold list.
In this article, we’ll cover what to look for in a Canadian investor database, compare the top data sources for Canadian allocator, deal and fund data, and show how to match each one to your fundraising goals.
Top Databases for Canadian Investor Data
1. Dakota Marketplace
Dakota Marketplace is built for one job: helping investment firms find, research and reach the allocators most likely to invest. In Canada, Dakota covers 4,500+ accounts and 19,100+ contacts across 19 metro areas, and 100% of those accounts allocate capital to outside investment firms.
Coverage spans family offices, public pension funds, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, consultants, corporations and Canadian wealth managers. Dakota also maps the advisor teams inside Canada’s major bank-owned and independent wealth firms, which are often the fastest path to assets for managers selling into private wealth.
Each profile carries verified decision-makers, investment preferences and asset class focus. Dakota’s 60-person research team maintains them daily rather than scraping them from filings. For managers raising from Canadian pensions, Dakota also shows LP commitment history and public pension meeting intelligence, so you can see who has backed strategies like yours before you call.
Best for: Investment firms building a targeted Canadian fundraising pipeline across institutional and wealth channels.
2. Preqin
Preqin is one of the best-known global private markets data providers, covering funds, fund performance, investors and deals across alternative asset classes. BlackRock completed its acquisition of Preqin in March 2025, folding it into BlackRock’s broader data and technology business.
Best for: Global fund-level research and performance benchmarking. Canadian coverage is part of a global data set rather than a dedicated focus.
3. PitchBook
PitchBook, owned by Morningstar, covers private companies, VC and PE deals, funds and investors worldwide. It’s a standard tool for deal teams and for researching the Canadian venture and buyout market.
Best for: Private company and transaction research. Its strength is deal data more than allocator outreach.
4. With Intelligence
With Intelligence tracks allocator mandates, manager searches and news across hedge funds and private markets. S&P Global completed its US$1.8 billion acquisition of the company in November 2025.
Best for: Following allocator mandate activity and industry news. It’s a better fit for monitoring than for building Canadian contact lists.
5. CVCA Intelligence
The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association runs CVCA Intelligence. It indexes 100,000+ deals since 2013 and 18,000+ companies, funds, VCs and PE firms active in Canada, and it’s the go-to source for tracking Canadian private equity and venture capital activity.
Best for: Benchmarking Canadian deal flow and identifying active domestic sponsors. It’s less suited to allocator outreach.
6. Fundata
Fundata describes itself as the largest Canadian investment fund database. It covers mutual funds, ETFs and stocks, with FundGrade ratings, analytics and Fund Facts compliance tools.
Best for: Firms selling into Canada’s retail and advisor channel that need fund-level performance and competitive data.
7. SEDAR+
SEDAR+ is the Canadian Securities Administrators’ official system for public securities filings, including prospectuses and continuous disclosure documents. Access is free.
Best for: Primary-source research on public issuers and investment funds. It doesn’t identify allocators or decision-makers.
8. Statistics Canada Pension Data
Statistics Canada publishes quarterly data on trusteed pension fund assets, the same series behind the C$2.51 trillion figure above.
Best for: Sizing the Canadian pension market for pitch decks and board materials. It’s aggregate data only, with no firm-level detail.
How to Choose the Right Canadian Investor Database
Most investment firms end up using more than one source. The free tools, SEDAR+ and Statistics Canada, are useful for research and market sizing. PitchBook and CVCA Intelligence answer deal-flow questions, Preqin and Fundata cover fund data, and With Intelligence tracks mandate news.
But if the goal is raising capital, you need to know who to call. Before you commit budget, check each option against five criteria:
- Allocator coverage beyond the Maple 8. The largest pensions are well known. For most investment firms, the opportunity sits with mid-sized pensions, foundations, family offices and wealth managers that rarely make headlines.
- Verified decision-makers. A firm name is a starting point. You need the CIO, the head of private markets and the analyst covering your asset class, with direct contact details.
- Investment preferences. Filters for asset class, ticket size and co-investment appetite turn a list of 4,000 names into a list of 40 that fit your fund.
- Freshness. Canadian pension teams turn over and mandates shift. Look for data updated daily by a research team, not scraped from annual reports.
- Cross-border context. Canadian allocators invest globally, and U.S. managers raise in Canada. A source that covers both sides of the border saves you from stitching two systems together.
The databases that check every box put allocator profiles, verified contacts and investment preferences in one place, across both the institutional and wealth channels that make up Canada’s allocator market.
Find Your Next Canadian Allocator with Dakota Marketplace
Dakota Marketplace covers 4,500+ Canadian accounts and 19,100+ contacts across 19 metro areas. Filter by metro area, allocator type, AUM, asset class interest and decision-maker title to build a Canadian target list in minutes. Spend less time researching and more time in front of allocators who fit your fund.
Book a demo of Dakota Marketplace to start calling on Canada.
